Los Angeles County’s Bold Plan for Safe, Clean Water: “Weaning ourselves from imported water is starting to seem possible,” wrote Mark Gold in an op-ed published in the Los Angeles Times
2019 will be the year L.A. starts to wean itself from imported water
“Currently, Los Angeles County imports 58% of its water from more than 200 miles away, and the city of L.A. imports about 90% of its water. A key goal of Measure W spending must be to change that,” wrote Mark Gold, associate vice chancellor of environment and sustainability at UCLA, in an op-ed published in the Los Angeles Times.
“Measure W gives Los Angeles County and its 88 cities the chance to transform urban hardscapes into more nature-based, green infrastructure that will reduce water pollution, augment local water supplies, ease the risk of flooding and beautify neighborhoods.”
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